Pentagon, Congress appoint panel members to rename Confederate base names
The commission — created in the most recent National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — is tasked with planning how to change “names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia to assets of the Department of Defense that commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America” within three years. ADVERTISEMENT The Army’s 10 bases named after Confederate leaders have received the most public attention, but the legislation requires renaming any “base, installation, street, building, facility, aircraft, ship, pla...
Source: thehill.com